Nokia announces post-Tango 8779 updates for Lumia 610, 710, and 900

Last night we revealed that Nokia had some 8779 OS updates with presumably some new firmware on their servers for the Lumia 710 and Lumia 800. At the time, we didn’t know what the updates included as 8779 is just slightly ahead of the just released 8773. Looks like we got Nokia's attention as they just gave out the details on the forthcoming update.

Technically speaking, we still don’t know what it’s in the OS as far as changes go (they're expected to be minor) but we now know what is coming with the bundled firmware. What’s more, it looks like the Lumia 900 will be getting the update too (although no word about AT&T, specifically). In fact, we’ve heard that the Lumia 900 in Germany already had 8779 on board so this is probably ready to rollout. Also, instead of the Lumia 800 we have info on the Lumia 610 instead.

From the sounds of it, these updates are very close to being releases so you’ll have to check for availability (or just watch our site). You can get more info when it’s made available at http://www.nokia.com/support. You do have to give Nokia some credit though, they're on top of these updates.

There was no mention of the post-Tango 8779 for the Lumia 800 though, which is curious because we did see those on Nokia's NaviFirm servers. Perhaps they're not ready for prime time just yet. We'll keep you posted.

Edit: As some users are pointing out, Nokia Connects may have the firmware numbers wrong. The latest firmware looks to be 12221 and not 12201 and some of those 710 new features came out with the 8773 update. So this is still a bit murky.

I don't want to be the guy to blast them because they're supposed to be the largest windows phone carrier in the U.S. I'm sure they have their reasons...but would it hurt to just release a statement of some sort? Ya know, just to feed the sharks.

The article you linked to is not about the Tango release, it's about the 8107 update. The only mention of tango in that article is speculation that the reason for not pushing 8107 is because Tango was not too far behind. AT&T has not made mention of their plans for Tango.

As long as Microsoft puts the L900 update on the servers im doing the WiFi trick. I can't record a thing on my phone because all you hear is loud bass. And my Samsung focus did a great job. I got videos to prove it as well.

Still waiting for Tango on my unbranded Lumia 800. At Nokia site they state roll outs are weekly but they don't mention which day it starts/ends ( Monday, or did it really started at 27 Jun?). Anyway, eager to get flip to silence it'll be quite useful, and internet sharing as well.

Since installing on my 800. Audio clicks between tracks, flip to silence work on call by call method, leaving face down doesn't stop it ringing again. No call divert options, and battery seams to be draining rapidly again.

Btw did someone experience this bug with 8773 on Nokia lumia 800: the sound goes low when I am watching a video or listen to music while the e-mail notification 'ding' bells? At this moment, I need to restart the music+video app or YouTube to fix this problem...weird

What about samsung omnia w?. Will it ever see the light of tango update ?. I thought all the windows phone updates will be coherent and available to all the users at the same time unlike android. Didn't expect it would be like this.